Understanding when, where, how and why outbreaks, epidemics and pandemic start

WHO Director General dr. Tedros: "Today the WHO is publishing a new framework to guide our member states in the studies that need to be performed to understand the origins of pathogens with epidemic and pandemic potential. Understanding when, where, how and why outbreaks, epidemics and pandemic start is extremely challenging. But it's both a scientific imperative to prevent future outbreaks and a moral imperative for the sake of those who lose their lives to them. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most extreme example of this in recent years...."